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MaterialPropertyBlock.AddFloat

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public function AddFloat(name: string, value: float): void;
public void AddFloat(string name, float value);
public def AddFloat(name as string, value as float) as void
public function AddFloat(nameID: int, value: float): void;
public void AddFloat(int nameID, float value);
public def AddFloat(nameID as int, value as float) as void

Description

Add a float material property.

	// Draws 3 meshes with the same material but with different Shininess levels

var aMesh : Mesh; var aMaterial : Material = new Material(Shader.Find("VertexLit"));

function Update() { var materialProperty : MaterialPropertyBlock = new MaterialPropertyBlock();

// Not shiny materialProperty.Clear(); materialProperty.AddFloat("_Shininess", 1.0); Graphics.DrawMesh(aMesh, Vector3(0,0,0), Quaternion.identity, aMaterial, 0, null, 0, materialProperty);

// More or less shiny materialProperty.Clear(); materialProperty.AddFloat("_Shininess", 0.5); Graphics.DrawMesh(aMesh, Vector3(5,0,0), Quaternion.identity, aMaterial, 0, null, 0, materialProperty);

// Shiny materialProperty.Clear(); materialProperty.AddFloat("_Shininess", 0.0); Graphics.DrawMesh(aMesh, Vector3(-5,0,0), Quaternion.identity, aMaterial, 0, null, 0, materialProperty); }
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class ExampleClass : MonoBehaviour {
    public Mesh aMesh;
    public Material aMaterial = new Material(Shader.Find("VertexLit"));
    void Update() {
        MaterialPropertyBlock materialProperty = new MaterialPropertyBlock();
        materialProperty.Clear();
        materialProperty.AddFloat("_Shininess", 1.0F);
        Graphics.DrawMesh(aMesh, new Vector3(0, 0, 0), Quaternion.identity, aMaterial, 0, null, 0, materialProperty);
        materialProperty.Clear();
        materialProperty.AddFloat("_Shininess", 0.5F);
        Graphics.DrawMesh(aMesh, new Vector3(5, 0, 0), Quaternion.identity, aMaterial, 0, null, 0, materialProperty);
        materialProperty.Clear();
        materialProperty.AddFloat("_Shininess", 0.0F);
        Graphics.DrawMesh(aMesh, new Vector3(-5, 0, 0), Quaternion.identity, aMaterial, 0, null, 0, materialProperty);
    }
}
import UnityEngine
import System.Collections

public class ExampleClass(MonoBehaviour):

	public aMesh as Mesh

	public aMaterial as Material = Material(Shader.Find('VertexLit'))

	def Update() as void:
		materialProperty as MaterialPropertyBlock = MaterialPropertyBlock()
		materialProperty.Clear()
		materialProperty.AddFloat('_Shininess', 1.0F)
		Graphics.DrawMesh(aMesh, Vector3(0, 0, 0), Quaternion.identity, aMaterial, 0, null, 0, materialProperty)
		materialProperty.Clear()
		materialProperty.AddFloat('_Shininess', 0.5F)
		Graphics.DrawMesh(aMesh, Vector3(5, 0, 0), Quaternion.identity, aMaterial, 0, null, 0, materialProperty)
		materialProperty.Clear()
		materialProperty.AddFloat('_Shininess', 0.0F)
		Graphics.DrawMesh(aMesh, Vector3(-5, 0, 0), Quaternion.identity, aMaterial, 0, null, 0, materialProperty)

Function variant that takes nameID is faster. If you are adding properties with the same name repeatedly, use Shader.PropertyToID to get unique identifier for the name, and pass the identifier to AddFloat.

	// Draws 3 meshes with the same material but with different Shininess levels
	// Using the material tag ID.

var aMesh : Mesh; var aMaterial : Material = new Material(Shader.Find("VertexLit"));

function Update() { var materialProperty : MaterialPropertyBlock = new MaterialPropertyBlock(); var tagID : int = Shader.PropertyToID("_Shininess");

// Not shiny materialProperty.Clear(); materialProperty.AddFloat(tagID, 1.0); Graphics.DrawMesh(aMesh, Vector3(0,0,0), Quaternion.identity, aMaterial, 0, null, 0, materialProperty);

// More or less shiny materialProperty.Clear(); materialProperty.AddFloat(tagID, 0.5); Graphics.DrawMesh(aMesh, Vector3(5,0,0), Quaternion.identity, aMaterial, 0, null, 0, materialProperty);

// Shiny materialProperty.Clear(); materialProperty.AddFloat(tagID, 0.0); Graphics.DrawMesh(aMesh, Vector3(-5,0,0), Quaternion.identity, aMaterial, 0, null, 0, materialProperty); }
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class ExampleClass : MonoBehaviour {
    public Mesh aMesh;
    public Material aMaterial = new Material(Shader.Find("VertexLit"));
    void Update() {
        MaterialPropertyBlock materialProperty = new MaterialPropertyBlock();
        int tagID = Shader.PropertyToID("_Shininess");
        materialProperty.Clear();
        materialProperty.AddFloat(tagID, 1.0F);
        Graphics.DrawMesh(aMesh, new Vector3(0, 0, 0), Quaternion.identity, aMaterial, 0, null, 0, materialProperty);
        materialProperty.Clear();
        materialProperty.AddFloat(tagID, 0.5F);
        Graphics.DrawMesh(aMesh, new Vector3(5, 0, 0), Quaternion.identity, aMaterial, 0, null, 0, materialProperty);
        materialProperty.Clear();
        materialProperty.AddFloat(tagID, 0.0F);
        Graphics.DrawMesh(aMesh, new Vector3(-5, 0, 0), Quaternion.identity, aMaterial, 0, null, 0, materialProperty);
    }
}
import UnityEngine
import System.Collections

public class ExampleClass(MonoBehaviour):

	public aMesh as Mesh

	public aMaterial as Material = Material(Shader.Find('VertexLit'))

	def Update() as void:
		materialProperty as MaterialPropertyBlock = MaterialPropertyBlock()
		tagID as int = Shader.PropertyToID('_Shininess')
		materialProperty.Clear()
		materialProperty.AddFloat(tagID, 1.0F)
		Graphics.DrawMesh(aMesh, Vector3(0, 0, 0), Quaternion.identity, aMaterial, 0, null, 0, materialProperty)
		materialProperty.Clear()
		materialProperty.AddFloat(tagID, 0.5F)
		Graphics.DrawMesh(aMesh, Vector3(5, 0, 0), Quaternion.identity, aMaterial, 0, null, 0, materialProperty)
		materialProperty.Clear()
		materialProperty.AddFloat(tagID, 0.0F)
		Graphics.DrawMesh(aMesh, Vector3(-5, 0, 0), Quaternion.identity, aMaterial, 0, null, 0, materialProperty)